Baby Huey said:

I think ESPN which now has committed to showing some pool would be well served in producing a Round Robin 8 or 9 international tournament with the top ranked players. The prize pool could be significant in Pool Terms say $250 K that would get the players interest. Say 10K for participating and it could be shown any time ESPN needed to fill spots. The international component kinda adds a Ryder, Davis and World Cup type billing which would attract viewing interest. Pool on tape delay can work well to draw out important happenings in any particular match. It also gives an opportunity to dig into a players bio/life story.

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I'll say it once more. Men vs. Women would draw the most interest and get the highest ratings! 100%

Flakeandrun said:

Yeah, he's bitten off more than he can chew, so he's resorted to being an ass hat...

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I guess the upside is he didn't falsely accuse them of trying to jar him like he did Dennis. Dude is a clown.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

fastone371 said:

I have played on those same colors except purple but I did play on pink, black, and white zebra pattern table, it was beyond awful. The grey was nice to play on but to me it is not very attractive, kind of like a primered car.

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A pool room back home in Dayton had gold cloth. Yep! I hated playing there even though I got some easy action.

bbb said:

thanks for the link @BRKNRUN
you are playing eight ball
you are stripes you want to kick and try to make the 8 ball
i have drawn a line from the contact point on the eight perpendicular to the long rail
what do you do next to calculate this kick?

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If you're talking about the "x method":
1. draw a line from the CB straight to the upper rail (side pocket)
2. draw a line from the OB straight to the upper rail (your red line)
3. draw the "x":
- a line from the CB to the top of the red line
- a line from the OB to the upper side pocket
4. draw a line from where those two lines cross (the “x”) straight up to the upper rail - that's your equal angle rail target

pj
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At 92-84 Jayson missed a cut shot on the eight that would have brougjt him within seven at 92-85. That's when he gave up, losing 24 of the next 25 games! Score was now 106-85.

sbrownn said:

One follow up to all of this. Be careful about purchasing / renting / leasing Global bar tables. I've been told by two different reliable installers that getting new rails for them involve taking the rail assemblies off and shipping back to (one of) the rail manufacturers to fit them as they are different than Valley tables. Have never done this so am no sure 100% this is factual, but the two separate installers seemed quite confident about it.

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I wouldn’t know the details of working on them, but there are several places in my area that have Globals or the Brunswick Globals. Some is the maintenance some is the terrible balls on some, but I have never liked them. I’m not a room owner or bar owner, but if I opened a bar with tables it would be Diamond or Valley. Valley has parts and cushions available and they are durable. Prefer playing on Diamonds but as I have posted I don’t sneer at a well maintained Valley.

nine_ball6970 said:

Fedor and SVB both played the one pocket at Texas Open. Fedor left for China Open and won. SVB played the 9 ball at skinny bobs where he finished 9th-12th. Maybe the field was stronger in the Texas Open? Hmmm

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It was pretty tough. He ran into Vogel and Gomez who were both shooting very well.

Johnny Rosato said:

Fishing guides too expensive in China.

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There's probably some truth to this. I'd imagine he did go fishing around Denver if he had time.

Chicagoplayer said:

I’m still stunned about the threats to him and his family

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among 1+ million viewers there's bound to be at least one maniac. the positive thing is the 1 million viewers.

I watched the Neagley series on Amazon yesterday and a version of this ad played throughout it. It did not have the pool table in that version. I had to watch several times to be sure.

Poolmanis said:

I kinda understand how Darren feels... Our club all have to use Taom chalks, put balls in cleaner after stop playing and skids almost never happen..
So when they happen you see them clearly and then it feels so wrong! hahahha
Must be same feel with Darren after that happens in important place and maybe he played home many months without skids..
Darren have always been so competitive that i can understand when he is heated he can say things hastily..

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When balls are cleaned daily, what is the cleaning liquid or fluid used since Aramith cleaner definitely affects cling afte4 being polished. I know because I have two sets of Centennial pool balls I rotate for play and one new unused set on the shelf as backup for comparison purposes. After being used for a few hours, the pool balls throw better than after being going thru the Ballstar using Aramith. I prefer glossy, shiny pool balls for overall aiming but want to play with pool balls that’s been in use. So upon reading that your club cleans the pool balls daily, I became curious what is used to clean the pool balls or suffer the same fate as everyone else using polish that does change the cling of pool balls for awhile?